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LUDGER J. BEDARD, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

SHOEMAKEBS 'roon Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16, 1917.

Application filed April 19, 1916. Serial No. 92,154.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUDGER J. BEDARD, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Shoemakers lool, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved tool especially designed for use in shoe repairing shops for beveling the shank portion of shoe soles.

In preparing a worn shoe for resoling, the shoemaker usually cuts off the fore part of the sole and then cuts the shank portion, that is left onthe shoe, on a long bevel so that the new half sole, which is also out on a corresponding bevel, will fit down snug and tight to leave the old and new sole connecting portions of even thickness. It has heretofore been hard to cut the shank part of the sole that remains on the shoe with a hand knife and it usually takes considerable time to make an even bevel and a good fit of the ends of the old and new sole portions.

My invention has for its object to provide a hand tool of a simple and economical construction, that comprises a holder large enough to go over the fore'part of the shoe and a flat edged plate adapted to be inserted under the shank part of the sole after the fore part of the sole has been removed and when thus applied, by holding the shoe up to a scouring roll on a finishing machine, such as most shoemakers use, it becomes an easy matter to grind or scour down the front or cut end of the shank sole straight and smooth with very little effort and in much less time than is possible to bevel the shank sole by hand.

With the above objects in View, my invention is a shoemakers tool of the char acter stated that embodies the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts hereinafter fully explained, specifically pointed out in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view that illustrates my invention and the manner in whichit is operatively used. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, the knife blade and the holder being separated. Fig. 3 is an end view of the parts shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an inverted plan view of the tool. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a slightly modified form of my invention. Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic section of the shank sole end to be cut, the new sole end to be fitted thereon being also indicated.

In carrying out my invention, I form a holder that is shaped up of suitable metal and which includes an arched or hand hold portion 1, that terminates 'at the end in substantially right-angle members 22, each of which has a laterally extended horizontal foot portion 3, which, in the preferred construction, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, have threaded apertures 4.--1.

5 designates a flat plate whose opposite edges are beveled up from the under side to form knife edges 5050 and at the opposite ends the plate has countersunk apertures 51-51 for receiving the head portions of the screws 6 that secure the plate to the holder, as shown.

While I prefer to make the member 5 as a plate attached to the holder, as shown and described, the said member may be an integral part of the holder, and the holder instead of being arched shaped, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, may be shaped as is shown in Fig. 5.

By reason of beveling both edges of the plate 6, when the tool is shaped as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, permits of quickly picking up the tool and applying either edge for use on the shoe.

From the foregoing taken in connection with the drawing, the manner of using the tool and the advantages thereof will be readily apparent to shoe repairers.

It will be noticed, that while holding the tool in one hand and the shoe in the other hand, see Fig. 1, and holding the shoe up against the scouring roll indicated by w on the drawing, the operator can readily hold the beveled edge of the tool up against the front end of the shank sole as the shoe is guided against the roll and as the said roll gradually grinds or scours off the outer beveled portion, see y Fig. 6, thereby making the straight finished beveled cut indicated by the dotted lines a on Fig. 6.

What I claim is:

1. A shoemakers tool that comprises a wedge member adapted to be inserted across and beneath the front end of the shank part of the sole after the forepart of the sole has been cut 011' and a handle adapted to extend over the forepart of the shoe for holding the said member in operative relation to the shank sole as the latter is held up to opposite ends to the said extensions, the a scouring roll. opposite sides of the said plate being bevi 2. A tool for the purpose described, comeled, said plate being adapted to be slipped 10 prising a U-shaped holder, large enough to under the shank portion of the sole after the 5 go over the forepart of a shoe, the ends of forepart of the sole has been cut ofl.

the said holder having lateral extensions and a fiat plate removably secured at the LUDGER J. BEDARD.

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Washington, D. G. 

